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Panasonic's image quality has actually made a lot of improvements with its recent Lumix models. The difference isn't as drastic, its minimal enough that you can judge by whatever criteria you consider is 2nd most important. Most of the time, buyers consider design the 2nd most important. For some, its almost just as important as image quality. Like I really despise the look of Cybershots over the years, especially the ones without the retractable lens, I think that was the Carl Zeiss design? Not to mention most of those Cybershots lose out with that "innovative design" by having 3x optical.

I tested out the FX37 a few times in different store and I was pretty convinced. Sure, wasn't top notch image quality but there wasn't a lot of difference either as I tested Powershots next to me. Had a nice look and also had one of the fastest response times. I really didn't like how Powershots looked either. They are pretty ugly in my eyes. Since I like having a good mix of both, I felt it was worth the small bit of sacrifice for image quality and got the FX37.

Actually Karen, I won't deny I wanted the FX37 after seeing the GREEN CM, but I needed a camera at the time too so I made sure I considered all my available options.